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Apr 12, 2021 – Rusty Chinnis
March 8, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Volunteers clean up Sister Keys

Suncoast Waterkeeper teamed up with Sarasota Bay Watch on Saturday, March 6 during the annual Sister Keys cleanup. Thirty-five volunteers braved inclement weather and collected almost 900 pounds o…
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March 1, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

New executive director joins Suncoast Waterkeeper

Suncoast Waterkeeper (SCWK) is pleased to announce Samantha (Sam) Gentrup as the group’s new executive director. Gentrup comes to Suncoast Waterkeeper with an extensive background in education and…
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February 22, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Focus on the fun of fishing

To many anglers, fishing is simple. It’s no more complicated than dangling a shrimp or fishing a jig in any likely spot. Like other human activities, the level of involvement ranges from the simple t…
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February 15, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Join the Waterman Fly Fishing Tournament

The Waterman Fly Fishing Tournament is a two-day, redfish-on-fly tournament with the proceeds directly benefiting Tampa Bay Waterkeeper. Proceeds raised during the event will be used to promote the o…
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February 7, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: COVID-safe Sister Keys cleanup

Suncoast Waterkeeper is teaming up with Sarasota Bay Watch this year for the Annual Sister Keys Cleanup on Saturday, March 6. The event is a collaboration with the Town of Longboat Key and the Mar Vi…
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February 1, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Reframe adversity as opportunity

Reel Time: Reframe adversity as opportunity

On those winter days when fronts blow away your fishing adventures, turn those lost opportunities into future successes. Reframe the disappointment into an opportunity by using your “found” time to s…
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January 25, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: A catalyst for change

Reel Time: A catalyst for change

When I asked Jon Thaxton, Vice President of Community Investment at the Gulf Coast Community Foundation (GCCF), about the “backstory” of the foundation’s newly-released online Water Quality Playbook…
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January 18, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Get wet

For the first time in a few years, we’re having an “actual” winter. When anglers consider their options this time of year many never consider getting out of the boat and wading. That’s unfortunat…
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January 11, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Fishing with Captain Nick Angelo

Fishing has always presented challenges. For me, 2020 proved the most challenging in recent memory. Consider the inherent conditions that combine in mysterious ways to affect fish behavior: wind, wea…
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January 4, 2021
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Push pole pointers

Push poles have come a long way. They’ve evolved from wooden poling oars hewn from tree limbs to technological wonders constructed of carbon fiber, Kevlar and graphite. In the early years of flats fi…
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